A 26-year-old painter accused of the murder of Harold Skudder had his name suppression lifted when he reappeared in court today.

Police say there may have been a sighting of Auckland woman Susan O'Brien's car in Waihi but they are no closer to locating her.

A man appeared in court this morning charged with the murder of Harold Skudder after police received new information yesterday.

Dunedin police say the girl in a CCTV photo from Dunedin's The Warehouse is not Britain's missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann.

Is this Madeleine McCann? A Dunedin security guard thought so, but Portuguese police declined to investigate.

A woman who died after falling off her bicycle into a Hamilton stream has been identified after almost a week.

Andrew Koenig, the actor who played Boner on the 80s sitcom Growing Pains, has been reported missing by his family.

Police say a body pulled from Wellington's harbour today is that of missing teen Olivia Rutherford.

Missing teen Olivia Rutherford may have left a message with her school excusing her absence on Friday, police say.

Wellington police appealing to any friends of missing teenager Olivia Rutherford who may be hiding her to contact them.